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netpoll: take rcu_read_lock_bh() in netpoll_rx()

In __netpoll_rx(), it dereferences ->npinfo without rcu_dereference_bh(),
this patch fixes it by using the 'npinfo' passed from netpoll_rx()
where it is already dereferenced with rcu_dereference_bh().

Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <amwang@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Amerigo Wang 13 years ago
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57c5d46191
2 changed files with 3 additions and 4 deletions
  1. 2 2
      include/linux/netpoll.h
  2. 1 2
      net/core/netpoll.c

+ 2 - 2
include/linux/netpoll.h

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ void netpoll_set_trap(int trap);
 void __netpoll_cleanup(struct netpoll *np);
 void __netpoll_free_rcu(struct netpoll *np);
 void netpoll_cleanup(struct netpoll *np);
-int __netpoll_rx(struct sk_buff *skb);
+int __netpoll_rx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netpoll_info *npinfo);
 void netpoll_send_skb_on_dev(struct netpoll *np, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			     struct net_device *dev);
 static inline void netpoll_send_skb(struct netpoll *np, struct sk_buff *skb)
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static inline bool netpoll_rx(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	spin_lock(&npinfo->rx_lock);
 	/* check rx_flags again with the lock held */
-	if (npinfo->rx_flags && __netpoll_rx(skb))
+	if (npinfo->rx_flags && __netpoll_rx(skb, npinfo))
 		ret = true;
 	spin_unlock(&npinfo->rx_lock);
 

+ 1 - 2
net/core/netpoll.c

@@ -543,13 +543,12 @@ static void arp_reply(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&npinfo->rx_lock, flags);
 }
 
-int __netpoll_rx(struct sk_buff *skb)
+int __netpoll_rx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netpoll_info *npinfo)
 {
 	int proto, len, ulen;
 	int hits = 0;
 	const struct iphdr *iph;
 	struct udphdr *uh;
-	struct netpoll_info *npinfo = skb->dev->npinfo;
 	struct netpoll *np, *tmp;
 
 	if (list_empty(&npinfo->rx_np))